"like a John Carpenter film, this homage to Howard Hawks Westerns suggests a path that Carpenter's career might've taken if ""Halloween"" hadn't become such a hit. Carpenter's made many different kinds of movies over the course of his long career, but he hasn't gotten to return often enough to terse tales of gun-toting heroes and villains."" In Jeff Chang's 2005 book, Can't Stop Won't Stop, he cites Assault on precinct 13 as the start of ""the urban horror"" genre. Chang Describes the film Instead of Indian braves, Zulu warriors or graveyard zombies, Assault on Precinct 13's heroes defended them-selves in"
"Austin Stoker Austin Stoker (born October 7, 1943) is a Trinidadian-American actor known for his role as Lt. Ethan Bishop, the police officer in charge of the besieged Precinct 9, Division 13, in John Carpenter's Howard Hawks-inspired, 1976 film, ""Assault on Precinct 13"". This was one of the few heroic starring roles for an African-American actor in an action film of the 1970s outside of the blaxploitation genre. Stoker was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Prior to his role as Lt. Bishop, Stoker appeared in several blaxploitation films, often playing police detectives. Among these films were ""Abby"""
"who is killed by a horde of rattlesnakes. Joston is known for his iconic portrayal of Napoleon Wilson, the sardonic, shotgun-toting, anti-hero in ""Assault on Precinct 13"", John Carpenter's 1976, Howard Hawks-inspired, action film. Carpenter has said that he wrote the Napoleon Wilson role with Joston in mind and imbued the character with some of Joston's personality traits. When Carpenter was writing the screenplay for ""Assault on Precinct 13"", he and Joston both lived in the same Hollywood Hills apartment building and became friends. Having gotten to know Joston and his dark sense of humor, Carpenter felt that his neighbor"
"Carpenter and O'Bannon completed the film by multitasking, with Carpenter doing the musical score as well as the writing, producing, and directing, while O'Bannon acted in the film and did the special effects (which caught the attention of George Lucas who hired him to work with the special effects for the film ""Star Wars""). Carpenter received praise for his ability to make low-budget films. Carpenter's next film was ""Assault on Precinct 13"" (1976), a low-budget thriller influenced by the films of Howard Hawks, particularly ""Rio Bravo"". As with ""Dark Star"", Carpenter was responsible for many aspects of the film's creation."
"started their own production company, Precinct 13 Entertainment. Founded in 2003, Precinct 13 is described as a Film/Television and Radio Commercial/Visual Effects production facility. ""The Rage"" was their first in-house, fully financed, independent feature film. Kurtzman and P13 have, also, recently co-produced the supernatural film ""The Dead Matter"", featuring Andrew Divoff, Tom Savini, and Jim O'Rear. Kurtzman also directed the action-thriller film ""Deadly Impact"", which was written by Alexander Vesha. Robert Kurtzman Robert Kurtzman (born November 25, 1964) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and special make-up effects creator. Kurtzman began his career in 1984 when he moved from"
"He not only wrote, directed, and scored it, but also edited the film using the pseudonym ""John T. Chance"" (the name of John Wayne's character in ""Rio Bravo""). Carpenter has said that he considers ""Assault on Precinct 13"" to have been his first real film because it was the first film that he filmed on a schedule. The film was the first time Carpenter worked with Debra Hill, who played prominently in the making of some of Carpenter's most important films. Carpenter assembled a main cast that consisted of experienced but relatively obscure actors. The two main actors were Austin"
"13 (2010 film) 13 is a 2010 American remake of the 2005 Georgian-French film ""13 Tzameti"". The film, directed by Géla Babluani (who also directed the original), stars Sam Riley, Ray Winstone, 50 Cent, Mickey Rourke and Jason Statham. Vincent ""Vince"" Ferro overhears people talking about a dead man who was going to start a well-paid job. Ferro, in need of money, steals an envelope containing the instructions for the job. He arrives at an event in a secluded place. He is ordered to strip, and his boot heels are cut off, in order to check for surveillance equipment. The"
"Thirteen Ghosts Thirteen Ghosts (also known as 13 Ghosts and stylized as THIR13EN Ghosts) is a 2001 Canadian-American supernatural horror film directed by Steve Beck. It is a remake of the 1960 film ""13 Ghosts"" by William Castle. It was shot entirely around Lower Mainland, British Columbia. Ghost hunter Cyrus Kriticos (F. Murray Abraham) and his psychic assistant Dennis Rafkin (Matthew Lillard) lead a team on a mission to capture a spirit called the Juggernaut (John DeSantis). Several men, including an apparent Cyrus, are killed while the team is able to catch the ghost. Cyrus's nephew Arthur (Tony Shalhoub), a"
"the band The K.O. Bros, and performance artist Max Steele. Laurie Zimmer Laurie Zimmer (also credited as Laura Fanning) is an American former actress best known for her role as Leigh, the courageous secretary of the besieged police station, in John Carpenter's 1976 action film ""Assault on Precinct 13"". Zimmer had a brief acting career during the mid-to-late 1970s. After playing the female lead opposite Darwin Joston and Austin Stoker in ""Assault on Precinct 13"", Zimmer appeared (as Laura Fanning) in the 1977 comedy spoof ""American Raspberry"", and two 1977 French films: Jean Eustache's ""Une sale histoire"" (""A Dirty Story"")"
"Assault on Wall Street Assault on Wall Street (also known as Attack on Wall Street and formerly known as Bailout: The Age of Greed) is a 2013 Canadian-American action thriller film written and directed by Uwe Boll, and starring Dominic Purcell, Erin Karpluk, Edward Furlong, and Keith David. The film stars Purcell as a security guard who struggles to pay for his wife's medical bills and loses his investments in the 2007–08 financial crisis, prompting a shooting spree on Wall Street after his wife takes her own life. In the midst of the 2008 financial crisis, a portfolio-manager instructs his"
"Shanghai 13 Shanghai 13, also known as The Shanghai Thirteen, is a 1984 Hong Kong-Taiwanese martial arts film written and directed by Chang Cheh and starring an ensemble cast of notable film stars such as Andy Lau, Jimmy Wang Yu, Ti Lung, Chen Kuan-tai, Danny Lee, Bryan Leung, David Chiang, Chiang Sheng, Chi Kuan-chun, Chan Sing, Lu Feng and more. During the Second Sino-Japanese War era in China, patriot Mr. Gao (Chiang Ming) is dissatisfied with the traitorous acts of the Reorganized National Government of China and together with thief Black Hat (Jimmy Wang Yu), he steals a traitorous contract"
"Friday the 13th (1980 film) Friday the 13th is a 1980 American slasher film produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham, and written by Victor Miller. It stars Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Kevin Bacon, Jeannine Taylor, Mark Nelson, and Robbi Morgan. The film tells the story of a group of teenage camp counselors who are murdered one by one by an unknown killer while attempting to re-open an abandoned summer camp. Prompted by the success of John Carpenter's ""Halloween"" (1978), director Cunningham put out an advertisement to sell the film in ""Variety"" in early 1979, while"
"Apollo 13 (film) Apollo 13 is a 1995 American space docudrama film directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, and Ed Harris. The screenplay by William Broyles, Jr., and Al Reinert dramatizes the aborted 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission and is an adaptation of the book ""Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13"" by astronaut Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger. The film depicts astronauts Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise aboard Apollo 13 for America's third Moon landing mission. En route, an on-board explosion deprives their spacecraft of most of its oxygen"
"Steve Miner Stephen C. ""Steve"" Miner (born June 18, 1951) is an American director of film and television, film producer, and a member of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is notable for his work in the horror genre, including ""Friday the 13th Part 2"", ""Friday the 13th Part III"", ""House"", ""Warlock"", """" and ""Lake Placid."" He has also directed numerous comedy and drama films, as well as episodes of notable television series including ""The Wonder Years, Dawson's Creek"", and ""Smallville."" Miner was born in Chicago, Illinois. He began work in the film industry as a recurring"
"killed Ronald, and partly to steal the money, as he thinks Ferro still has the money with him. Jasper escapes with the money bag, not knowing that it only contains the toy. The film features Mickey Rourke, Jason Statham and David Zayas, who all starred in ""The Expendables"" which was released before this film. The film was directed and written by Géla Babluani, who directed and wrote the original film. A trailer was released in August 2010. Filming began on November 17, 2008 in and around New York City. ""13"" received critically negative reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has an"
"District 13 District 13 (French title ""Banlieue 13"" or ""B13""), is a 2004 French action film directed by Pierre Morel and written and produced by Luc Besson. The film is notable for its depiction of parkour in a number of stunt sequences that were completed without the use of wires or computer generated effects. Because of this, some film critics have drawn comparisons to the popular Thai film """". David Belle, regarded as the founder of parkour, plays Leïto, one of the story's protagonists. In 2010, social problems have overrun the poorer suburbs of Paris; especially Banlieue 13, commonly referred"
"the source's gritty, mysterious gloom."" 13 (2010 film) 13 is a 2010 American remake of the 2005 Georgian-French film ""13 Tzameti"". The film, directed by Géla Babluani (who also directed the original), stars Sam Riley, Ray Winstone, 50 Cent, Mickey Rourke and Jason Statham. Vincent ""Vince"" Ferro overhears people talking about a dead man who was going to start a well-paid job. Ferro, in need of money, steals an envelope containing the instructions for the job. He arrives at an event in a secluded place. He is ordered to strip, and his boot heels are cut off, in order to"
"in the 2000s. In October 2007, Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, the writers of ""Freddy vs. Jason"", were hired to write a script for ""Friday the 13th"".<ref name=""Shan/Swif""></ref> Jonathan Liebesman was in negotiations to direct the film, but scheduling conflicts meant he was unavailable and Fuller and Form chose Marcus Nispel. Nispel was apprehensive about taking the job, mainly because he would be taking over another film franchise, but Fuller eventually persuaded him to direct the project. Principal photography began on April 21, 2008, in Austin, Texas, and finished on June 13, 2008. Stuntman Derek Mears was hired to portray"
"and Hill's own backgrounds and early careers: The fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois was derived from Haddonfield, New Jersey, where Hill was raised, while several of the street names were taken from Carpenter's hometown of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Laurie Strode was allegedly the name of one of Carpenter's old girlfriends, while Michael Myers was the name of an English producer who had previously entered, with Yablans, ""Assault on Precinct 13"" in various European film festivals. Homage is also paid to Alfred Hitchcock with two characters' names: Tommy Doyle is named after Lt. Det. Thomas J. Doyle (Wendell Corey) from ""Rear"
"13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (also known simply as 13 Hours) is a 2016 American biographical war film directed and produced by Michael Bay and written by Chuck Hogan, based on Mitchell Zuckoff's 2014 book of the same name. The film follows six members of Annex Security Team who fought to defend the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya after waves of attacks by militants on September 11, 2012. The film stars James Badge Dale, John Krasinski, David Giuntoli, Max Martini, Pablo Schreiber and Toby Stephens. Filming began on April 27,"
"The Hour of 13 The Hour of 13 is a 1952 British historical mystery film directed by Harold French and starring Peter Lawford, Dawn Addams and Roland Culver. It was made at Elstree Studios by the British subsidiary of MGM. The film's sets were designed by the German-born art director Alfred Junge. Reminiscent of the Jack The Ripper school with a period setting in gaslit London, but this time the mysterious killer is The Terror who is murdering policemen. Lawford plays the handsome gentleman thief Nicholas Revel who gets himself involved in the murders, and the theft of a valuable"
"Ocean's Thirteen Ocean's Thirteen (also written as Ocean's 13) is a 2007 American heist film directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring an ensemble cast. It is the third and final film in the ""Ocean's Trilogy."" It followed the 2004 sequel ""Ocean's Twelve"" and the 2001 film ""Ocean's Eleven"", which itself was a remake of the 1960 Rat Pack film ""Ocean's 11"". All the male cast members reprise their roles from the previous installments, but neither Julia Roberts nor Catherine Zeta-Jones return. Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin joined the cast as the characters' new targets. Filming began in July 2006 in"
"13 has been approved by the government, and it will be mass manufactured. The film's script was similar to a short ""2000 AD"" comic strip called ""SHOK!"" which had been published in 1980. Fleetway Comics brought a successful lawsuit that the film plagiarized the comic strip and so a notice was added to later releases giving credits to the strip's publisher, Fleetway Publications and creators, Steve MacManus and Kevin O'Neill. Other influences include ""Soylent Green"", ""Damnation Alley"", and the works of Philip K. Dick. Writer-director Richard Stanley had previously made a post-apocalyptic short film when he was a teenager, and"
"13th Child 13th Child (or The 13th Child: Legend of the Jersey Devil) is a 2002 direct-to-video horror film directed by Thomas Ashley and Steven Stockage. It is inspired by the Jersey Devil. The screenplay was written by Michael Maryk and Cliff Robertson, who also stars in the film. The story is based on ""The Jersey Devil"" by James F. McCloy and Ray Miller Jr. The film was shot in New Jersey at Wharton State Forest, Batsto Village, and Hammonton in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. Critical reception for the film has been negative. On Rotten Tomatoes the film"
"Laurie Zimmer Laurie Zimmer (also credited as Laura Fanning) is an American former actress best known for her role as Leigh, the courageous secretary of the besieged police station, in John Carpenter's 1976 action film ""Assault on Precinct 13"". Zimmer had a brief acting career during the mid-to-late 1970s. After playing the female lead opposite Darwin Joston and Austin Stoker in ""Assault on Precinct 13"", Zimmer appeared (as Laura Fanning) in the 1977 comedy spoof ""American Raspberry"", and two 1977 French films: Jean Eustache's ""Une sale histoire"" (""A Dirty Story"") and Charlotte Szlovak's ""Slow City, Moving Fast"" (also known by"
"in theaters on Friday, February 13, 2009. It received mainly negative reviews and earned approximately on its opening night and $40 million during its opening weekend, when it broke two records; the highest-earning opening day for the film series and the highest-earning opening weekend for any horror film. , it is the second-highest grossing film in the ""Friday the 13th"" film series ($65 million), and has earned over $92 million worldwide. On June 13, 1980, a young Jason Voorhees (Caleb Guss) watches as his mother Pamela (Nana Visitor) is beheaded by a camp counselor (Stephanie Rhodes), who was trying to"
"The 13th Warrior The 13th Warrior is a 1999 American historical fiction action film based on the novel ""Eaters of the Dead"" by Michael Crichton and is a loose retelling of the tale of Beowulf. It stars Antonio Banderas as Ahmad ibn Fadlan, as well as Diane Venora and Omar Sharif. It was directed by John McTiernan. Crichton directed some reshoots uncredited. The film was produced by McTiernan, Crichton, and Ned Dowd, with Andrew G. Vajna and Ethan Dubrow as executive producers. The film was a financial failure. Production and marketing costs reputedly reached $160 million, but it grossed $61"
"Do You Remember Laurie Zimmer? Do You Remember Laurie Zimmer? is a 2003 documentary film written and directed by French filmmaker Charlotte Szlovak. It was released in France under the alternate titles, Laura, disparue, recherchée and Qui se souvient de Laurie Zimmer? The film chronicles Szlovak's search to discover what happened to her long-lost friend, Laurie Zimmer, an American former actress who had a short, briefly promising, career during the mid-to-late 1970s. Zimmer, who is best known for her performance as the female lead in John Carpenter's 1976 thriller film, ""Assault on Precinct 13"", played the lead role in Szlovak's"
"The 13th Man The 13th Man, also known as The Thirteenth Man, is a 1937 American mystery film directed by William Nigh and starring Weldon Heyburn, Inez Courtney and Selmer Jackson. It was the first film released by the relaunched Monogram Pictures after the studio withdrew from a merger with Republic Pictures. Swifty Taylor, a journalist with the ""Globe Times"", hunts for the underworld figure responsible for the killing of a crusading district attorney, murdered by curare-laced dart while attending a prizefight, and of a reporter who had got too close to the truth. Meanwhile, Taylor's secretary, Julie, hopes to"
"13 Ghosts 13 Ghosts is a 1960 American horror film written by Robb White and directed by William Castle starring Jo Morrow, Rosemary DeCamp, Martin Milner, Donald Woods, and 12-year-old child actor Charles Herbert. The film also co-features experienced character actress Margaret Hamilton. The film was released on a double bill in 1960 with either ""The Electronic Monster"" or ""Battle in Outer Space"" in most areas. Throughout the film, Buck (Herbert) refers to the housekeeper Elaine (Hamilton) as a witch. Though this was never confirmed, there is the possibility that these inside references were an acknowledgement of Hamilton's best known"
"in his directorial debut, the horror film ""Friday the 13th"". Cunningham felt King embodied the qualities of the film's lead heroine, Alice Hardy, and he cast her in the film. Shot in New Jersey in the summer of 1979, ""Friday the 13th"" went on to become a massive box office success, grossing nearly $60 million worldwide. The following year, she reprised her role as Alice Hardy in the sequel ""Friday the 13th Part 2"", in which the character meets her demise, and starred in a Downy commercial. After the success of ""Friday the 13th"", King was pursued by a male"
"Locker 13 Locker 13 is a 2009 thriller film directed by Bruce Dellis, George Huang, Jason Marsden, Matthew Mebane, Adam Montierth, Donovan Montierth, and Rick Schroder. The story was written by John Waldron; the screenplay by Bruce Dellis, Jason Marsden, Donovan Montierth, Jose Rosete, Jason Walters, and Cameron Young. The film was produced by Danny Del Toro, Shawn Haught, Jason Marsden, Neil Mather, Maria White Mebane, Matthew Mebane, Jose Rosete, Rick Schroder, and Nick Stahr. Skip (Brad Raider) works at an Old West theme park and is told several stories by his supervisor Archie (Jon Gries). Each story contains not"
"House No. 13 (film) Al-Manzel Raqam 13 or Al-Manzel Raqam Talata`sh (, House No. 13) is a classic 1952 Egyptian mystery/crime film directed by Kamal El Sheikh. It starred Faten Hamama, Mahmoud El Meliguy, and Emad Hamdy and was chosen as one of the best 150 Egyptian film productions in 1996, during the Egyptian Cinema centennial. A psychotic psychiatrist has killed a young man, `Abbas, and plans a conspiracy. He convinces his friend and patient, Sharif, that he had killed `Abbas after hypnotizing him. He also orders Sharif to give him the money that `Abbas's wife should receive, all to"